Rights Group Says Iran Executed Disabled Afghan Prisoner From Wheelchair

Rights Group Says Iran Executed Disabled Afghan Prisoner From Wheelchair

Iranian authorities executed an Afghan national with a physical disability in Rafsanjan Central Prison, according to the Kurdish human rights organization Hengaw, which said the execution was carried out while the prisoner was in a wheelchair. Hengaw said Sunday that Wali Jan Norzai, an Afghan citizen from Farah province in western Afghanistan, was executed at […]

Afghan Citizen Executed in Iran Despite Severe Mobility Disability – KabulNow

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Iranian authorities have reportedly executed an Afghan citizen, identified as Valijan Nourzay, at the central prison in Rafsanjan, according to the human rights organization Hengaw. Hengaw said in a statement on Sunday, September 6, that Nourzay was executed early Wednesday last week at Rafsanjan Central Prison.

Iran hangs disabled Afghan prisoner while seated in wheelchair

Iran has executed a disabled 29-year-old Afghan citizen found guilty of murder, a human rights group reported on Sunday. The Hengaw Human Rights Organization reported that Wali Jan Noorzai’s execution was carried out on Wednesday at the central prison in Rafsanjan, Kerman Province. According to the report, Noorzai was arrested by Iranian security forces in […] The post Iran hangs disabled Afghan prisoner while seated in wheelchair first appeared…